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Art For Sale
Width: 1–12 in
What Are We Gonna Do? - including the book 'A Half Forgotten Dream'
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
What Are We Gonna Do? (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Vigils Echo 5" Contemporary Nude Sculpture of a Woman with Bunny Mask
Located in Utrecht, NL
The mysterious artworks by Rachel Ann Stevenson invite you into a dream world. Rachel Ann sees artists as day dreamers who can show the impossible...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Set of 4 - Doodle, drawing on paper by Philippe P.
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 drwaings
Posca on paper Canson 250gr.
Each drawing of Size A4
Hand-made painting from the imagination.
Original and unique work.
Category
2010s Post-Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Eduardo Chillida
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an offset lithograph portrait of Eduardo Chillida, published in Derrière le Miroir (DLM) No. 143. Known for its high-quality reproductions, Derrière le Miroir featured works ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
$20 Sale Price
20% Off
Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins by James Bretherton after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Bretherton, James (After Rembrandt van Rijn).
Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins.
London: c 1775.
Etching on light cream laid paper, 4 3/4...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007,
Edition of 1/10,
20x24cm.
Digital C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Not mounted.
Signature label and Cer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Ellsworth Kelly (after)- Composition, 1958 Lithograph From DLM
By (after) Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (after)
Title: Composition (Axsom No. I-G)
Year: 1964
Dimensions: 15in. by 11in.
Mount Board Size Inches: 20 x 16 inches
Mount Board Color: White/Black
Prin...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
'Budapest, Váci Street in the Snow', France, Salon d' Automne, Legion of Honour
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Kunffy' for Lajos Kunffy (Hungarian, 1869-1962); additionally titled, verso, 'Budapest 1942, A váci utca ...'
A Hungarian winter landscape showing a birds-eye v...
Category
1940s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
"Reign" (2024) By Michele Kortbawi Wilk, Oil Painting with Silver Leaf
Located in Denver, CO
Michele Kortbawi Wilk's "Reign" is a 2024 oil on linen with silver leaf, measuring 12 x 12 inches, that depicts a white horse mid jump with a crown dangling from a string in its mout...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Silver
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #9506...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Pomegranate Pinky Red Pocket Painting, oil paint, still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pinky Red Pomegranate (canvas size 7.5x7.5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Davinci's Horse Rears by Helle Crawford, Bronze sculpture of a horse
Located in DE
Bronze sculpture of a horse that rears on granite base
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Granite, Bronze
“Danseuse Aux Cymbales”
Located in Southampton, NY
ABOUT
Beautiful and impressive Art Deco statue of a dancing woman with cymbals. Circa 1935.
Original title "Danseuse Aux Cymbales".
Signed “Fayral” on base which is the pseudonym of...
Category
1930s Art Deco Art
Materials
Metal
Comme il vous Plaira: Ascension
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph, 1958. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 19/50 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Mourlot, Paris
Overall sheet dimension 24 x 16.5 inches, wit...
Category
1950s Cubist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Color
"Jeune fille a la fleur" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the drawing). Printed in 1952 by Mourlot Freres on Arches paper and published in Paris by Louis Carre in an edition of 1000 for the rare "La Figure dans L'O...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Glitch in the Machine" Figure by Kevin Snipes
By Kevin Snipes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Glitch in the Machine" is an original piece by Kevin Snipes made from ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper. This piece measures 9.25”h x 6”w and is signed en verso.
Kevin Snipes (he/...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Contemporary floral impressionist expresive still-life oil painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork, titled "Sweetness of Morning Summer Flowers," captivates viewers with its lively and vibrant composition, drawing immediate attention to the central bouquet of red rose...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pierre Soulages, Plate No. 2, from Painters of Today, 1962 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), titled Planche No. 2 (Plate No. 2), from the folio Pierre Soulages, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Pierre Soulages, Painters o...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
French Watercolor of Vibrant Square with Painter, Palm Trees, and Architecture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Vibrant Square with Painter, Palm Trees, and Architecture
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Art
Materials
Pen, Watercolor
Hyperreal Colored Glass Balloon Sculptures - Set of 5
Located in East Quogue, NY
Set of 5 hyperreal glass water balloon sculpture installation by Dylan Martinez. Made of 100% hot-sculpted glass.
Approx. Size: 3.5 × 3.5 × 4.5 inches (each balloon)
Dylan Martine...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Magnolia - Vibrant Floral Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. In her series, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor
Pocket Damson - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Dani Humberstone’s Pocket Damson reveals the artist’s mastery o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady - Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French modernist oil on board portraity of a smartly dressed young lady.
Typicallly French look to the lady in this lovely little portrait. She is smart...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"River Road Barn", Contemporary Landscape, Blue, Green, Red, Oil Painting
By Marcia Wise
Located in Franklin, MA
Marcia Wise’s “River Road Barn” is a 10 x 12 inch contemporary palette knife oil painting on archival art-board from her barn series. Highly textured blues and greens dominate with t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Board
View of Culver Cliff, Isle of Wright - Oil paint attr. William Dyce - 1873
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard attributed to William Dyce and realized in 1873.
Hand titled and dated lower right.
Includes a modern gilded wooden frame, cm. 23.5x32.5.
Category
1870s Modern Art
Materials
Tempera, Oil
$567 Sale Price
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Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study
French, circa 1800
Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825)
Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
drawing: 14 x 8 inches
double sided with ...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Jane Avril (Jardin de Paris) - Lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche), 1897
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
Jane Avril (Jardin de Paris), 1897
Stone lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum
Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4")
INFORMATION : ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Art
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Rene Bazaine 'Composition VIII' 1968- Lithograph Vintage
By Jean Bazaine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This lithograph page titled Composition VIII is part of the Derrière le Miroir (DLM) No. 170 series, showcasing the work of the French artist René Bazaine. Known for his contribution...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
$45 Sale Price
50% Off
As if - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'As if' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Picotees, English antique red flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Picotees'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Victorian Still Life Oil Painting of Fruit Peaches Grapes on Platter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Fruit
by Frederick J Stanier (1830-c.1912)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 8.25 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: a few minor scuffs and m...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$800 Sale Price
30% Off
French Polychrome and Gilded Statue of The Virgin Mary
Located in Cotignac, FR
A polychrome and gilt plaster statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The quality of the original gilding and the handling of the folds in the clothing are exceptional.
A wonderful statu...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Llandoger Trow Inn in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Llandoger Trow Inn in Bristol
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: 3.75 inch...
Category
20th Century English School Art
Materials
Watercolor
$75 Sale Price
30% Off
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
"Ballerinas in Paris" Colorful Impressionist Interior Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of Ballerinas in an interior scene by Jules René Hervé. Hervé is known as a painter of the scenes of Parisian life. This piece is a pertinent...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
A CAT'S CARESS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic markers on paper.
The magic flow reality...
Painting rolled in a sturdy tube from Spain– safely and promptly.
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Permanent Marker
$151 Sale Price
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Pablo Picasso, The Little Bullfight, from XXe Siecle, 1958
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled La Petite Corrida (The Little Bullfight), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXe Annee, N° 10 (double) Mars 195...
Category
1950s Cubist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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Silent evening. The Luh river
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I sought to capture nature's tranquil harmony, with gentle brushstrokes breathing life into the serene river, reflecting the day's last light. The fusion of imp...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
French Mid-20th Century Pastel Swimmers in the Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Pastel Beach Scene with Sailboat and Bathing Huts
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Pastel
$400 Sale Price
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"Bad Hombre XLIV" (2025) By Mark Andrew Bailey, Original Oil Painting, Cowboy
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Andrew Bailey's "Bad Hombre XLIV" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic profile portrait of a male cowboy with a beard wearing a hat.
Ab...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Loterie Nationale (Frog) vintage French poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Loterie Nationale vintage French poster. Mercredi prochain forte chute de millions. Loterie Nationale. (Next Wednesday, a big drop ...
Category
1960s Art Deco Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pink Peonies, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Pink peonies and white blossoms fill a blue and white ceramic vase. A soft purple background contrasts with a green surface, creating a lively and charming sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Chroma-Q- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
Chroma-Q
41 x 29 cm framed (included in price) 44 x 32 cm
Oilpaint on wood panel
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Contemporary Expressionist portrait woman acrylic painting "Feminine Power"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern vibrant abstract expressionist woman's portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and makes part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women, where she explores ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sleeping Beauty
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist
Loose Print
Edition 5/15
(can be dry mounted for additional $50)
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model MAYNARD KEITH #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model MAYNARD KEITH. This is #2 of a series of 4 images of Maynard ...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, exhibition sponsored by the French Embassy, circulated...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Joan Severance - Photograph by Mark Abrahams - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Mark Abrahams in 1980s.
Copyright and provenance: Playboy.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,835 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 4 by 5 inches overall, and 3.5 by 4.5 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family IV - Elegant Figurative Bronze Sculpture of Two People
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pumpkin (Limoges) (Purple and Black), 2002, Ceramic Editioned Sculpture
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Ceramic
Edition 129 of 130
9.5 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm (3.7 x 3.7 x 3 in)
Artist's stamped signature, the Limoges France stamp, dated and numbered on the underside
New, as issued. Minor imper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model Unidentified #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of an unidentified model (Unidentified #2). All of Juleff's records we...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Sisters' — Renowned Black American, Harlem Renaissance Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
James Lesesne Wells, 'Sisters', linocut, edition not stated but small, 1928. Signed, titled, and annotated 'imp' in pencil. A fine impression on off-white wove Japan paper, with wide margins (1 7/8 to 3 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Very scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 8 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches (208 x 171 mm); sheet size 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (343 x 273 mm).
Exhibition and Literature: 'Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection,' The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland, extensive touring exhibition, 1998-2000.
Collections: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (Anacostia Community Museum).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
“Wells is more than an artist with a deep concern for his fellow man. He carries many of his themes a step further into an apocalyptic world, a world of revelation and shifting lights. … He works on large blocks in a bold free style. … His work has a vigor, therefore, that is not often used in the medium today.”
—Jacob Kainen (painter, critic, and collector) from Richard J. Powell’s 1986 essay Phoenix Ascending: The Art of James Lesesne Wells.
James Lesesne Wells was an American painter, printmaker, educator, and pioneering figure of the Harlem Renaissance, whose work established a vital connection between African heritage, modernist form, and African American cultural identity. Known for his innovative use of linoleum and woodblock printing, Wells played a key role in shaping 20th-century African American art and inspired countless students throughout his lengthy career as a teacher at Howard University.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Wells' early exposure to the arts came through church and community, where African American cultural traditions were central. He pursued formal artistic training at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania (earning a B.A. in 1924), followed by studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation, where he encountered European modernists as well as traditional African sculpture, which profoundly influenced his style.
Wells moved to New York in the late 1920s, swiftly immersing himself in the lively artistic and intellectual scene of Harlem. There, he became associated with artists, writers, and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, contributing to the growth of Black cultural identity. Considered a mentor to many famed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Wells served as director of a summer art workshop in Harlem where his assistants included Charles Alston, Jacob Lawrence, and Palmer Hayden...
Category
1920s American Modern Art
Materials
Linocut
Sign A1195 - Modern Abstract Multi-Dimensional Red Minimalist Sculptural Artwork
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"La vache enragee" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in Paris in 1950 by Mourlot Freres, this lithograph faithfully reproduces the original Toulouse-Lautrec poster in a smaller-size format...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nude - Photograph by David Bailey - 1980s
By David Bailey
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by David Bailey in 1980s.
Copyright and provenance: Playboy.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,835 Sale Price
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"Tribe of Asher" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1962 at the Mourlot atelier for "Jerusalem Windows". This piece was executed by Chagall in preparation for his famous stained-gl...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Painting Portrait Soldier in armor Circel of MESSONIER Wood panel 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 19th century
Ernest MESSONIER (Circle of)
Portrait of a soldier in armor
27.5 x 17.5 cm (31 x 21 cm with the frame)
Beautiful pitch pine wood frame
Good condition
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Cottages on the Yorkshire Dales
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor with white heightening through abrasion with the brush stick on watercolor paper, 7 x 9 7/8 inches (177 x 248 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with scattered light f...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Art
Materials
Watercolor
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family - Etching by Rembrandt - 1641
Located in Roma, IT
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family is an etching by Rembrandt executed in 1641. This etching is a proof of the 3rd state (of 4) before of the diagonals on the ground at the...
Category
1640s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$13,705 Sale Price
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